[ct-user] CT & XP

[N7MAL]

Mark et al I just looked at my D: drive, with a file manager, and was 
shocked at what I saw. The last time I used the D: drive was for last years 
WPX contest, all the files are still there. Sometime between then and now 
Microsoft, in its infinite wisdom, has installed a bunch of 'KRAP'. The D: 
drive is a FAT32. I'm guessing it was probably during one of their many 
updates. I do not use the automatic updates and there was never any mention 
about installing stuff on all the drives. The only time I use the D: drive 
is if I'm trying to be serious during a contest but I will use it this 
weekend to see what effect all that Microsoft stuff has.
73


MAL
N7MAL
BULLHEAD CITY, AZ
http://www.ctaz.com/~suzyq/N7mal.htm

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Mark Bailey
  To: ct-user at contesting.com
  Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 13:02
  Subject: Re: [ct-user] CT & XP


  Hi Mal and everyone:

  That works as well.  You do need somewhere to store the log files,
  though.  This may be a FAT partition on a hard drive or, on some
  computers, a USB key...

  AFAIK, those instructions are still fine.  If you have any questions,
  drop me a line.

  73,

  Mark, KD4D ("some W4... :-))

  N7MAL wrote:
  > Ron a year, or so, ago some W4 developed a system for booting your 
computer
  > using an ISO image on a CD. I did it  and it works perfectly. Whenever I
  > need to boot to my D: drive I insert the CD and tell the computer to
  > restart. Your computer will think it is a DOS machine and you can 
install CT
  > from a floppy with no problem. I think some of the instructions are on 
the
  > K1EA website.
  > 73
  >
  >
  > MAL
  > N7MAL
  > BULLHEAD CITY, AZ
  > http://www.ctaz.com/~suzyq/N7mal.htm
  >
  >   ----- Original Message ----- 
  >   From: Ron Notarius W3WN
  >   To: ct-user at contesting.com
  >   Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 2:59
  >   Subject: [ct-user] CT & XP
  >
  >
  >   Forgive me if this is a known issue -- I suspect it is -- but for the
  > first
  >   time since I bought CT 6.17 at Dayton longer ago than I care to think
  > about,
  >   I ran into a major problem with CT yesterday.
  >
  >   Went to setup CT 10 on the "new" (OK, rebuilt) shack computer so I 
could
  > run
  >   a little SS for the spare hour or so I had, and it locked up on me 
during
  >   initial setup.  Never at the same place, but I never got out of the 
setup
  >   screen.
  >
  >   The new computer is running XP Pro SP2.  It replaced a Win98SE box. 
Also,
  >   FWIW, I have the CT files stored on my D: drive instead of C: -- D: is 
a
  >   smaller FAT32 drive instead of an NTFS drive, neccesary to avoid 
problems
  >   with my primary logging and QSL management routines (written in dBase 
IV &
  >   Visual dBase 5.7... which, being 16 bit apps, don't handle NTFS long 
file
  >   names well, but THAT's another story altogether)
  >
  >   SO, two simple questions:
  >   -- Is this a compatibility problem with CT & XP?
  >   -- And if so, should I switch to CTWin?
  >
  >   I really hate to give up on CT.  It may be "old" software, but it's 
tried,
  >   true, and I'm used to it.
  >
  >   73, ron w3wn
  >
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